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16.1 and 16.2 Charles Darwin Review

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which was NOT a stop for the HMS Beagle

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Galapagos Island

d)

Madagascar

2.

Darwin was a __________ aboard the HMS Beagle for 5 years

a)

cook

b)

captain

c)

naturalist

d)

historian

3.

These species on the Golapogos Island helped Darwin shape his theory of natural selection. (Pick all that apply)

a)

tortoise

b)

armadillo

c)

finches

d)

alligator

e)

blue birds

4.

Who am I? I wrote about human populations. Darwin disagreed with me and came up with the idea of natural selection.

a)

John Hutton

b)

Charles Lyell

c)

Alfred Russel Wallace

d)

John Baptiste LaMarck

e)

Thomas Malthus

5.

Who am I? My idea was called the inheritance of acquired traits. Darwin disagreed with me but did believe traits could be passed down.

a)

John Hutton

b)

Charles Lyell

c)

Alfred Russel Wallace

d)

John Baptiste LaMarck

e)

Thomas Malthus

6.

the gradual change in a species over time

a)

natural selection

b)

evolution

c)

adaptation

7.

James Hutton's and Charles Lyell's work was important to Darwin because these scientists

a)

explained volcanoes and earthquakes.

b)

explained all geological events on Earth.

c)

suggested that Earth was old enough for evolution to have occurred.

d)

refuted the work of Lamarck, which was based on misunderstandings.

8.

When a farmer breeds only his or her best livestock, the process involved is

a)

natural selection

b)

artificial selection

c)

artificial variation

d)

survival of the fittest

9.
Which of the following is a fossil?
a)
a plant that has recently died
b)
a group of organisms that can reproduce
c)
a structure or organ that no longer functions
d)
a trace of an organisms that existed in the past
10.
Which of the following ideas proposed by Lamarck was later found to be incorrect?
a)
Acquired characteristics can be inherited
b)
All species are descended from other species
c)
Living things change over time
d)
There is a relationship between an organism and its environment
11.
Who observed variations in the characteristics of plants and animals on the Galapagos Islands?
a)
James Hutton
b)
Charles Lyell
c)
Thomas Malthus
d)
Charles Darwin
12.
In different parts of the world, Darwin found unrelated species that looked alike because
a)
the species lived in different environments
b)
the species lived in similar environments
c)
the species were closely related
d)
the species once lived in the same place
13.

Darwin was born and raised in ....

a)

London England

b)

Cleveland Ohio, USA

c)

Cambridge England

d)

Shrewsbury England